Washing-machine



' (No Model.)

W. TAOK ET & P. RADDAS. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 449,834. Patented Apr. 7, 1891.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM TACKET AND FAUL RADDAS, OF HERMAN, NEBRASKA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,834, dated April '7, 1891.

Application filed January 17, 1891. Serial No. 378,087. (No model.)

I To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, XVILLIAM TACKET and PAUL RADDAs, citizens of the United States, residing at Herman, in the county of lVashington and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ashing-Machines; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washing-machines, and it has more particular reference to that class of washing-machines in which an adjustable rubbing-board is employed, which may be adjusted so asto regulate the distance between the rub roller or cylinder and the rubbing-board, so as to adapt the machine to use with different qualities or quantities of clothing.

The invention has for its objects, among others, to generally improve upon the construction and to render more efficient in operation this class of washing-machines.

A further object of the invention. is to improve upon the construction and arrangement of the rubbing-board and in the provision of means for the ready and accurate adjustment of the same in such a manner as to admit of a limited amount of spring or play to the board when such springing of the board may be rendered necessary.

Another essential object of the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the operating parts of the machine, whereby the operation of the machine will be rendered easy and effective, little wear being occasioned to the clothing, and means being provided for the ready escape of dirt to the bottom of the tub.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, like letters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several views, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with our invention, parts being shown as broken away in order to better illustrate the arrange ment of the parts. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal vertical section through the machine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modification of the rubbing-board,and Figs. a and 5 are details which will be more particularly hereinafter referred to.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the body of the machine, or, as it is commonly denominated, the tub. This tub is preferably provided with a sheet-metal bottom 13 upon an arc of a circle, as shown.

The rubbing-board 0 consists of the two side pieces C, which are curved to correspond with the curvature of the bottom of the machine, and the cross-bars G which are arranged at short distances apart and are secured at their ends in anysuitable manner to the said cross-bars. The cross-bars 0 it will be observed upon referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, are elliptical in cross-section, with the contracted or narrow end of the ellipse presented to the clothes when the machine is in use. This rubbing-board is pivoted at one of its ends upon the transverse rod or shaft D, which is passed through the tub at one of its ends and near the top of the tub. The opposite end of the rubbing-board is connected with the roller E, suitably journaled within bearings in the arms E, which project downwardly at an angle from the shaft E said shaft being journaledwithin the standards which rise from the end of the tub, as shown. I

F F are vertical rods which extend upward from the end of thetub and passloosely through o enin s or slots F in the arms E and sleeved tion and are arranged at sufficient distances apart to permit the water to How freely be tween them. The bars 1 are suitably attached at their ends to the outer edges of the cylinder-heads G and the shaft ll, passed centrally through the cylinder, is suitably journaled in the side walls of the tub and is provided at one of its ends with an operatingcrank H.

The COVOIJ of the machine is made, preferably, of the oval form shown, and when in place it extends from the end of the machine adjacent to the roller E to a point near the opposite end of the tub, space J being left, however, for the reception of clothing or for the ready inspection of the contents of the machine. At one of its ends the cover is provided with slots J which engage vertical pins .1" upon the upper edges of the side walls of V ,the tub, and at its opposite end is provided with suitable hooks K, which are adapted to engage the staples K upon the sides of the tub when it is desired to secure the cover in place.

The operation of the machine is the same as that of all washing-machines of this character, excepting that the adjustable rubbingboard may be readily raised or lowered, as may be necessary, in order to allow the proper distance to intervene between the same and the cylinder, in order to do the washing properly. The spiral springs F will serve to permit the rubbing-board to give in case the clothing in we claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described improvement in washing-machines, the same comprising, in combination with the tub or body of the machine, the cylinder, the pivoted rubbing-board beneath the cylinder, the roller at the end of the tub and connected with the rubbing-board by cords, the brackets E the shaft E journalcd thereon, the arms E, connecting said shaft with the roller and provided with slots, and the vertical rods F, attached to the tub and working through said slots, the spiral springs interposed between the roller and the tub and surrounding said rods, the ratchetwheel at the end of the roller, and a pivoted latch adapted to be turned so as to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel and lock the same against rotation, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our sign atn res in presence of witnesses.

111 WILLIAM TAGKET.

mark PAUL RADDAS.

Witnesses:

W. H. CLARK,

G. O. LATTn, JNo. P. SULLIVAN. 

